Pig & Rooster at Sea
Delivered aboard your vessel25 hours underwayLogged training hoursLicensed captain sign-off
A 40-hour program taught aboard your own vessel — 25 hours underway, 15 dockside and in the engine room. You finish with logged hours, system-by-system records, and a licensed captain's sign-off your underwriter can read.
Pig & Rooster, LLC provides vessel-specific familiarization and general systems knowledge only. This is not Coast Guard–approved training and is not licensing, certification, credentialing, STCW or regulatory compliance training. It does not represent compliance with any law, regulation or insurance requirement, and the Company does not assume command of any vessel.
The program
The record an underwriter will accept, the instruction an operator will actually use, and the name that holds both together. One standard, applied one vessel at a time.
Insurance
Tangible evidence of vessel-specific training and oversight for insurers, underwriters, brokers and lenders reviewing a risk.
Training
A 40-hour, vessel-specific familiarization and operational knowledge program conducted exclusively aboard your vessel — 25 hours on the water, 15 dockside and in the engine room.
The Standard
What this name asks of the people who carry it — preparedness over bravado, tradition over trend, and coming home.
Why you need us
Moving into a larger, more valuable yacht changes more than the purchase price. The systems become more complex, the responsibility grows, and insurance requirements can put a professional captain between you and operating your own boat.
A captain brings valuable experience. But hiring one does not automatically teach you how to handle your vessel, understand its systems, or respond when something goes wrong. We believe an informed, capable owner belongs at the center of safe boat ownership.
That is why we built Pig & Rooster.
Our program brings together practical training, vessel knowledge, and the disciplined operating standards you should expect from a seasoned captain. The goal is to help you build the competence to operate your boat yourself—or become a more capable partner to the captain beside you.
Nothing substitutes for experience. We help you build it with purpose.
We put the training and preparation into a structured path toward responsible owner operation of a high-value vessel, with insurance requirements considered from the outset. Whether your goal is independent operation or sharing responsibility with a captain, the foundation is the same: know your boat, respect your limits, and be prepared for more than a perfect day on the water.
Owner operation remains subject to your insurer's approval and policy terms. Completing training does not guarantee coverage or removal of captain requirements.
Let's talk about your boat—and your path to the helm.
Owning the boat is only part of what you're taking on.
A significant vessel purchase brings decisions that reach well beyond the water. How you structure ownership. What your insurance actually covers. How you account for operating costs. And who represents your interests when a claim becomes a dispute.
Those decisions deserve the same care as choosing the boat itself.
Our approach brings the wider ownership picture into focus—including the importance of experienced insurance counsel, qualified tax attorneys, and accountants who understand your intended use of the vessel.
Insurance language can be complex, and a disagreement over a few words can carry serious financial consequences. You need people who can examine the terms, explain your obligations, and challenge an insurer's position when the facts and policy support it.
The same discipline belongs in your tax planning and accounting: sound advice, clear records, and an ownership structure built around how you actually use your boat.
You should know who to call before the day you need them.
Pig & Rooster helps you recognize the questions that matter and the expertise needed to answer them—so you can approach ownership with a stronger team and a clearer understanding of what's at stake.
The vessel
A boat is named for what her crew wants from the sea. We named ours for the one thing in the old stories that never stayed lost.
Who this is for
We take a limited number of vessels each season, and we are particular about the work we accept. The program suits owners who want to know their boat rather than simply insure it — and the captains and families who want that same standard held aboard.
The measure of the work comes later. When the weather changes, a system fails, or the person everyone normally relies upon is suddenly not aboard — that is when knowing the vessel matters.
There is no ceremony at the end and no certificate for the wall. What you get is a log of hours actually earned, a system-by-system record of your boat, and a licensed captain's sign-off. And the part that never shows on paper: a crew that knows the vessel.
Getting away from the dock is optional. Bringing everyone home is not.
If you want to be one of the people aboard who can bring her home, we should talk.
Survive the sea. Return home.
Where we work
Florida's Gulf Coast — Tampa Bay, Bradenton & Sarasota. We come to the vessel — dockside, in the engine room and underway — and the hours are logged where they are earned, not where it is convenient.
This is the way 
This is the way